comparing between two arrays
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sorry if my question is trivial , but i'm still beginner and need your help. i have 3 points in the space say a , b, c each one is an array 2x3 , say a=[2 3 4 ; 9 8 7] ,b =[ 5 2 1 ; 6 3 2] , c=[ 4 7 1; 1 2 3]. i want to compare the distance between points a and b (dist12) with the distance between a and c (dist13), which is longer? thank you
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Jan
on 7 Oct 2013
@mariam: No, it is not clear enough. "Distance" is defined for single points only. Therefore it is not uniquely defined, what you are looking for.
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David Sanchez
on 7 Oct 2013
a=[2 3 4 ; 9 8 7];
b =[ 5 2 1 ; 6 3 2];
c=[ 4 7 1; 1 2 3];
dist_ab_cluster_1 = norm(b(1,:)-a(1,:));
dist_ab_cluster_2 = norm(b(2,:)-a(2,:));
dist_ac_cluster_1 = norm(c(1,:)-a(1,:));
dist_ac_cluster_2 = norm(c(2,:)-a(2,:));
dist_ab_cluster_1 =
4.3589
dist_ab_cluster_2 =
7.6811
dist_ac_cluster_1 =
5.3852
dist_ac_cluster_2 =
10.7703
Andrei Bobrov
on 7 Oct 2013
a=[2 3 4 ; 9 8 7]; b =[ 5 2 1 ; 6 3 2]; c=[ 4 7 1; 1 2 3];
data = cat(3,a,b,c);
s = size(data);
t = reshape(data(:,:,nchoosek(1:s(3),2)') , s(1),s(2),2,[]);
out = squezze(sqrt(sum(diff(t,[],3).^2,2)));
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